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"Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that is not dedicated to his own advancement. It is the moment he falls in love."

"Fear is the greatest enemy; the father of all suffering, and love is the only cure for humanity's great afflictions."

"It is a great joy to love and be loved."
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"I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!"


"I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world."


"I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault."


"The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis."


"It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself."


"As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm."
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